The Stack Overflow Podcast

By The Stack Overflow Podcast

For more than a dozen years, the Stack Overflow Podcast has been exploring what it means to be a developer and how the art and practice of software programming is changing our world. From Rails to React, from Java to Node.js, we host important conversations and fascinating guests that will help you understand how technology is made and where it’s headed. Hosted by Ben Popper, Cassidy Williams, and Ceora Ford, the Stack Overflow Podcast is your home for all things code.

Episodes (5)

The Stack Overflow Podcast

What it takes to be a player in the international AI game

The global AI landscape is not a US-only phenomenon—Song Yi Yun, Managing Partner at PVP Venture, argues that while the US leads in foundational AI infrastructure, countries worldwide are rapidly adopting and customizing AI to fit local languages, cultures, an

26mJun 2, 2026

The Stack Overflow Podcast

Creating checkpoints by gaslighting a Postgres database

The future of databases is being rewritten by AI agents—80% of new databases are now created autonomously, often through 'fan out' strategies where dozens of agents spin up isolated Postgres instances to solve problems in parallel. But this creates a massive i

35mJun 9, 2026

The Stack Overflow Podcast

When the cost of code approaches zero, what does engineering leadership look like?

As AI tools make code generation nearly instantaneous, the fundamental role of engineering leadership is undergoing a radical transformation. Eric Anderson, Director of Engineering at Intuit, argues that the cost of writing a line of code has effectively dropp

33mJun 10, 2026

The Stack Overflow Podcast

Developers are emotionally attached to their tools

Developers aren't just attached to their tools—they're emotionally and cognitively fused with them, turning IDEs like IntelliJ IDEA into extensions of their own minds. Trisha G., a veteran Java champion and developer productivity advocate, reveals that years o

34mJun 12, 2026

The Stack Overflow Podcast

If context is king, architecture is the castle

The future of AI agents isn't just about smarter models—it's about architecture. In a candid conversation at the AI Agent Conference, Apollo GraphQL CEO Matt DeBurglis argues that context is the new king, but only if it's anchored in a principled, battle-teste

26mJun 16, 2026

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